No, I didn’t just experience Ferris Bueller’s week off (trading an e-bike for the red Ferrari). I was at the 2020 #ASEEVC ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education) Virtual Conference last week and my, what a neat experience that was. Years ago, I dreamed of the day we would be able to hold academic conferences […]
In “Decoding Digital Pedagogy, pt. 2” Jesse Stommel writes, “Digital pedagogy calls for screwing around more than it does systematic study, and in fact screwing around is the more difficult scholarly work. Digital pedagogy is less about knowing and more a rampant process of unlearning, play, and rediscovery. We are not born digital pedagogues, nor […]
I’ve been teaching online in some fashion for about 8 years, so, when my campus shut down in March, I was somewhat more prepared than some of my colleagues. 3 of my 4 classes were already online, and the face-to-face class was a version of a course I was already teaching online. You would think […]
One of the aspects of cultivating – and promoting – an online identity that interests me most is how the growing need for a “digital persona” for faculty, intersects with an increasingly neoliberal agenda for the university writ large. My social media presence includes two Facebook accounts, Twitter, and Instagram. Except for Twitter – which […]
I’d like to share the ups and downs (in reverse order) of week 2 of #DigPINS with you. We in the cohort were asked to find and follow authors and movements online related to our digital pedagogy or identity. Based on a recent listen to an old (2015) episode of the Trek Geeks podcast, I […]
Woah. I, like Neo, must have taken the red pill Morpheus offered when I clicked on the “+ New” but atop this WordPress blog site. ‘Cause now, I’m faced with a screen full of controls enough to fly a Space Shuttle (or the cool new touchscreen Crew Dragon they just took out for a spin […]
In real life (irl), I inhabit many roles: writer, teacher, son, partner, parental figure, friend, human. Online, I try to juggle, compartmentalize or erase some of these roles, and I’m sure I do so miserably. Most of this juggling happens unconsciously, depending in some part on the platform. On Facebook, where I am connected […]
Before I read this week’s articles, I never considered context collapse – now I think about it quite a bit. I am finding myself wondering about how others view my posts and comments – am I clear in my meaning and connecting with others with integrity? My intention in joining this group was to figure […]
I am a sociologist. I deeply believe in C. Wright Mills’ concept, the sociological imagination, which requires us to place our experiences in the history and biography of wider society. So, as I work to craft my digital identity in a thoughtful, intentional, and strategic way – with the help of #DigPINS resources – I […]
I finally have a label for what I’ve been working so hard to avoid for the past twenty years. Context collapse. Of course I’ve read blogs, and use Facebook, and Twitter, and have established an identity of sorts in various online forums and in various online classes for a good twenty years. But I never […]
